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• POEM: If I Was…

  

  Edgar Allan Poe If I was as Mad as Poe, could I summon the Raven? If I was as radical as Blake, could I build myself a tyger? If I was as shut-in as Dickinson... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Village Circles

  

  Taken in April of 2017 in Khonoma A few of these circles are located throughout the village in front of the properties of wealthy villagers who made merit... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Slick

  

  rains pummel the soil soon will raise a tinge of oil floating its coat of many colors on my puddle, like all the others a rainbow slick a micrometer thick... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Seems to Me There’s a Story

  

  Seems to me there’s a story in those britches. Some tears left open, and some with stitches. Were they scourge or bramble torn? There’s no doubt they’re world... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Tribe

  

  The pull of the tribe is strong. Even when the tribe done wrong. Instead of sayin’ “That ain’t me.” He says, “We was framed, can’t you see?” You think you know... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Within Amer Fort

  

  Taken in Amer Fort at Jaipur in November of 2015Taken in the Amer Fort of Jaipur in November of 2015 Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email,... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEMS: Haiku Frivolity

  

  a moose and squirrel loiter around the same tree I find it suspect “Nevermore Raven, You’ve sullied your last bust, Sir!” [Feathers everywhere] parrot’s bright... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Amphibious Hippo

  

  Taken in April 2017 at Chobe NP in Botswana Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Shrines, Bangkok

  

  Taken in March of 2017 in Bangkok Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark

  

  Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality by Max Tegmark My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page In this book, physicist Max Tegmark... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Umbrella Trees

  

  Taken in October of 2016 in Little India, Singapore Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Life of Milarepa Ed. by Lobzang Jivaka

  

  The Life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the Tibetan by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Superhero stories can be surprisingly hard... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

  

  Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page “Challenger Deep” is the story of a smart and artistically talented young man, Caden... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Gates of Amritsar

  

  Taken in April of 2016 in Amritsar Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Assam Tea

  

  Tea plants (Camellia sinensis) Tea pickers (Homo sapiens); Taken in May of 2017 in Assam (AH1) By B Gourley in India, photographs, Photos, pictures,... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Néprajzi Múzeum, I.e. Museum of Ethnography, Budapest

  

  Taken in December of 2014 in Budapest Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Ways in Which Poets Are Mistaken for the Insane

  

  “He’s right behind me, isn’t he?” 5.) Sound Seeking: If anything looks more insane than walking down the street talking to oneself out loud, it’s talking to... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Lost at Sea

  

  Source: Wikimedia One soul said, “Don’t take to flight.” A vision: landing lights fade from sight. But those lights never appeared. Just a figment of all he... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: World Line

  

  I ride a dragonesque world line. Worming through a block of time. I’m dancing atoms in a roiling pot. So energetic entropy forgot to increase, and cobbled... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Giving Zebra Crossing a New Meaning

  

  Taken in Amboseli National Park in May of 2017 Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 SOCIETY, TRAVEL